Urine screening is done on people who are suspected of drug abuse. This test is also called toxicological screening and it is used not only on drug addicts but also on sports persons as well. Many participants of the Olympic games were caught using drugs to enhance their performance levels, by this test. Coming to testing for drug addiction, a person who comes or is brought for drug addiction treatment is first tested to confirm that he/she is abusing drugs.
The urine test for drug abuse involves a chemical analysis of one’s urine to detect the abused chemical. This test is also used to see whether a person is free of drugs at the time he or she starts the treatment sessions. The drug addicts are supposed to be not on drugs immediately before or during the treatment procedure. Many of them lie to the physicians about this, but the urine test is a foolproof method of confirming drug usage.
The urine test is also used to detect the presence of over dosage of any drug. This usually happens when the addict takes an extra dose of the drug. Many times this might happen by accident also, when a person is given a drug without his or her knowledge. But with drug addicts, in most of the cases, this is intentional. They take the extra dose if they are not satisfied with the normal. This is hazardous and has proved fatal for many addicts. The urine test reveals the dosage and also the type of drugs taken by the addicts. Also, many times addicts who are in a life-threatening state are brought to the rehab centers with complaints of drug toxicity. The urine test reveals the cause behind the drug toxicity.
The urine test has been used for determining the usage of drugs in people involved in legal and medical purposes. It is also used to determine the effect of treatment on the addict. There will be less amount or no drugs in the urine of addicts who respond positively to the treatment as their dependency on the drug is reduced by the therapy.
The urine-screening test for addiction is being used in many organizations as a pre-employment selection criterion. Though this is used for screening job applicants in many industries, it is very vital for people applying for those aspiring to become security personnel, law enforcers, or drivers. Even after employment, these people are periodically made to undergo the urine-screening test to see if they are on drugs. Many air, rail, and road mishaps occur due to the driver or the pilot being on drugs. After every such incident, minor or major, the drivers are tested for abuse of drugs.
The urine tests should be conducted by authorized medical bodies and not by anybody else to ensure reliable results. A lot of fraudulence has been noticed in recent years in the samples provided for urine testing. Stringent action should be taken against offenders. The testing is done under some norms laid down by the government health departments.
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